Author: Bachelor in White

That night.

The dark clouds in the distance looked like a heavy ball of sand, rolling in with the wind and covering the stars and moon above Richan Town.

The air was heavy and heavy.

The sandstorm is coming.

A beautiful couple walked on the deserted streets of Richan Town.

The woman held an orange cat in her arms.

"Meow."

The little Feng meow, curled up in the woman's arms, raised its head, whimpered, and pressed its paws on the soft spot blocking its nose.

This big pillow made Meow flustered.

"Be good, don't make trouble."

Xie Luohe comforted her softly, and Miaoer quickly calmed down.

After comforting Xiao Fengmiao, Xie Luohe raised his eyes and looked into the distance.

There were figures on the roof of the house, hidden in the night, and she subconsciously clenched her fists.

"We're almost home, don't be in a hurry."

Zheng Xiu smiled slightly and put his arms around the woman's shoulders.

Xie Luohe lowered his head: "Yeah."

The two of them returned home peacefully and lit the oil lamp.

"Husband, I have an ominous premonition."

After meal.

Zheng Xiu took out the dusty wooden box from under the bed.

Phew~

After blowing off the dust on the wooden box, Zheng Xiu slowly took out the Luohe pen that had been dusted for many years.

Xie Luohe, who had been lying on the bed early, turned around lazily and kept watching quietly as Zheng Xiu picked up the pen. Her eyes inadvertently fell on the long bow that had been hung on the wall for many years.

Zheng Xiu walked out of the house, fetched a bucket of water from the well, wetted a towel, sat at the door and carefully wiped the stains on the Luohe pen.

After a while, the Luohe pen stirrup was as bright as new.

Go back into the house and close the door tightly.

Zheng Xiu pressed Luo He's pen under his pillow and blew out the oil lamp. In the darkness, Xie Luo He's bright left eye stared straight at him.

"Sleep peacefully tonight."

Zheng Xiu rubbed Xie Luohe's long, silky hair and smiled.

I remembered what happened in Mohexuan during the day.

Xie Luohe felt a little uneasy for no reason.

"Husband, I always have an ominous premonition."

"Don't worry, the boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge."

"They won't let it go."

"Haha, of course."

"But they inquired about the Green River Trade Road because..."

"I guess something happened in the Central Plains."

Zheng Xiu sighed softly: "Confrontations between countries are never that simple. But, what do these have to do with ordinary people like us who are powerless?"

Hearing this, Xie Luohe remained silent, turned around and closed his eyes.

Huh...huh...huh...

It's midnight.

There were faint sounds of different sounds outside the house.

Xie Luohe tossed and turned on the bed.

She was close to Zheng Xiu for a while, touched Zheng Xiu's chest for a while, rubbed Zheng Xiu's cheek for a while, and covered her ears tightly for a while.

Xie Luohe suffered from insomnia.

In the darkness, she sat up suddenly, stared out of the window through the coarse cloth, and subconsciously made a "tightening of her gloves" motion.

The other hand secretly stretched out from the bed. It turned out that the husband was not sleeping either. He accurately inserted five fingers into Xie Luohe's fingers and intertwined them. With a little effort, Zheng Xiu used this gesture to push Xie Luohe's murderous look.

Hold it with your little hands.

"Why are you up so late at night and doing such weird things?"

Zheng Xiu rubbed his fingers and said with a bad smile.

"My husband hates me." Xie Luohe, who used to be domineering in the past, has become a smart young woman who knows everything after ten years of married life. She knew what Zheng Xiu was implying as soon as she saw Zheng Xiu's actions, and the murderous intention in her heart disappeared immediately.

Without a trace, he said with an angry smile.

"Can't sleep?" Zheng Xiu saw that Xie Luohe's murderous intention had calmed down, he hugged Xie Luohe, pushed her back into bed, and asked softly.

"Noisy..." Xie Luohe said pitifully.

Zheng Xiu thought for a while.

"become."

He only said one word, then stood up in the dark and lit the oil lamp.

"what you do?"

Xie Luohe looked at her husband in surprise. He abandoned his beloved wife in the middle of the night, lit a lamp and polished ink, and said curiously.

"I suddenly got interested and wanted to... draw something."

Blank sheets of paper are spread out on the long table.

After grinding, Zheng Xiu dropped a few drops of blood into the ink.

In a corner of the room, a cat named Xiaofeng Miao suddenly raised its head and stared at Zheng Xiu calmly with its green eyes.

Zheng Xiu sat cross-legged, stroking his sleeve with his left hand and holding a pen with his right hand, motionless, as if hesitating.

Xie Luohe asked: "Is this really good?"

Zheng Xiu shook his head: "I know you don't like making noise. Now that you're out of the world, don't go in again."

"But you."

"I'm still a painter."

Zheng Xiu, who was still a little hesitant, finally made up his mind. The veins on his forehead bulged, and he pressed the tip of the pen heavily on the drawing paper as if with the force of a fist.

"Demons and monsters."

Zheng Xiu first drew a rich dark night on the paper with thick brush and ink.

Then he lightened the ink color, and in the rich "night color", he sketched with a few strokes, leaving many light-colored "spots", which looked like looming eyes. On the drawing paper, there were endless ghosts of the night.

, as if there are many unknown evil spirits hidden inside.

"alright."

Zheng Xiu stood up, and when Xie Luohe wasn't paying attention, he secretly pressed his unhealed finger into the "demon monster".

Lights out.

The two embraced each other, and Xie Luohe's expression gradually calmed down.

She curled up greedily in Zheng Xiu's arms.

I want time to stay in this moment.

On the scroll, the "spots" outlined little by little, the "eyes"-like patterns, began to rotate.

"Go to sleep."

…

The next day.

Three poles in the sun.

A corner of the street was surrounded by many desert residents.

Brother Ridi is now the leader of the clan and is running around in Ricchan Town anxiously.

The neatly dressed Boss Mo held a piece of breakfast in his hand, whistled, and walked slowly to Mohexuan. When he was about to open the shop, Sun and Di hurriedly passed by Zheng Xiu.
To be continued...